This document discusses biodiversity and wildlife. It begins with an introduction of the presenter, Narendra Singh dagur, and defines biodiversity. It then notes that India has high biodiversity as the 8th most biodiverse country in the world, with over 100,000 species of fauna and 23% of land covered by forests. It also explains that biodiversity is important for providing essential ecosystem services to humans like oxygen, clean air and water, and pest control. Several species in India are facing extinction due to habitat loss, including Indian elephants, whales, mountain gorillas, black rhinoceros, and sea turtles.
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India
is the world's 8th most biodiverse region
with a 0.46 BioD score on diversity
index, 102,718 species of fauna
and 23.39% of the nation's
geographical area under forest and
tree
cover in
2020.
7. Big concept
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Biodiversity is important to humans for many reasons. ... Ecological life
supportโ biodiversity provides functioning ecosystems that supply
oxygen, clean air and water, pollination of plants, pest control, waste
water treatment and many ecosystem services.
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Over 90% of the area under the biodiversity hotspots in India have been lost.
India has four biodiversity hotspots and 90% of this area has been lost,
according to the Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) new report
entitled 'State of India's Environment in Figures 2021'.
Globally, monitored population sizes of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and
amphibians have declined an average of 68% between 1970 and 2016,
according to World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Living Planet Report 2020.
species facing extinction due to habitat loss
1.Indian Elephant. Indian elephants are the first species on our endangered list due
to habitat loss. ...
2.Whale. Whales are at the top of the food chain, however in the North Atlantic only
400 Exists.
3.Mountain Gorilla.Black Rhinoceros. Sea Turtle. Orangutan. Red Panda
20. Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and released
these awesome resources
www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/strategy/index.
html
www.environment.gov.au/npei/index.html
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